Jaws Fret Press gives you finer control over the pressure needed to seat a fret into the slot—you can actually feel it seating! It eliminates complicated clamping setups, so your press-in fret jobs go faster.

Clean professional fret work! StewMac's improved design fits all fretwire sizes, anywhere on the neck—even the high frets. Sets for guitar or bass. Guitar set fits most mandolins and ukulele spaces, too. Made of flexible 0.010" stainless steel for durability and long life.

One piece—no moving parts to rattle, wear out, or lose.
The Diago Twistlock is a simple and effective alternative to tricky mechanical strap lock systems. This straightforward design works with any guitar strap!

Solid maple shims are a quick fix for tilting a bolt-on neck to change the angle. Full contact and precisely tapered in a variety of angles. No more matchbooks or guitar picks distorting the neck pocket!

No mismatched threads or ruined parts! Quickly identify metric and SAE thread on screws, nuts, tailpiece studs, and just about any part on your guitar. This special set was created exclusively for StewMac customers.

Time to install a saddle in this bridge. Where exactly to put it? Salvaging this original Gibson bridge required filling the saddle slot. You can’t assume the original factory placement was correct. Dan Erlewine shows how he located this saddle.

Guitar repairman and builder Dan Erlewine came up with this clever blade for use in your drill press or our Fret Arbor Press. It's extremely sharp and cuts wood or plastic bindings in one clean stroke.

Dan Erlewine shows how to create smooth, planed surfaces using your drill press. Our Safe-T-Planer is the affordable way to add a planer to your shop. In your drill press, it planes wood to any thickness, leaving it smooth and ready for sanding.

Dan Erlewine demonstrates the T.J. Thompson Bridge Gluing Cauls, a set of glue-resistant nylon cauls shaped to fit the curves of an acoustic guitar bridge. These cauls give you a flat clamping surface while protecting the bridge.

This video shows the basic functions of the Mojotone Pickup Winding Machine. Powering on the machine, entering "Gauss Mode" to check the gauss and polarity of your magnets, setting the direction for winding, setting the number of turns, and adjusting the winding speed are all explained in this brief tutorial.

A customer asked me how to avoid breaking tiny router bits. I answer this question from time to time on the phone, and it makes a good Trade Secrets topic. I talked to Dan Erlewine and Dan made us this video. Check it out!
—Matt Brooker, StewMac Tech Support

Danny Roberts with his 1922 Lloyd Loar mandolin that once belonged to his good friend, the late Charlie Derrington. Danny visited Stewart-MacDonald, and talked about the Waverly tuning machines on his Loar.